Hacktivist group Anonymous is urging a blackout for 24 hours on Monday in protest of the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) passed the US House of Representatives last Thursday.
The bill is now being considered by the Senate, and anonymous is calling on all websites to dedicate “at least a portion” of their day to help fight CISPA.
If the bill is signed into law, it would allow U.S. government official to obtain private information from the internet without the use of a warrant, or as Anonymous puts it:
“It’s the online equivalent of allowing a police officer to enter your home and start rummaging through your personal files without the permission of a court.”
Anonymous’ statement and accompanying video are below:
Dear citizens of the internet,
We are Anonymous.
The United States Government is again attempting to control and censor the internet. The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act has just recently passed the house.
This bill would allow major internet entities such as Facebook, Twitter, and Google to voluntarily share your personal information with the U.S. Government. This will not only effect users in the United States, but also anyone with an account with these companies.
This upcoming Monday, April the 22nd, we invite you to join Anonymous in a internet blackout. We encourage all web developers and website owners to go dark on this date. Display a message as to why you are going dark, and encourage others to do the same.
We hope, just like the successful protest over the Stop Online Piracy Act, we can encourage the senate to stop this bill.
Spread the message, and inform the world.
We are Anonymous
We are the people
We are the internet
Knowledge is free
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